Improvement in flow-fenders



S. J. REED.

Plow Fender.

Na 83.999. Patented Nov. 10, 1868.

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SAMUE JQREED, OF MIDDLETOWN, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 83,999,dated November 10, 1868.

.rMPRovnMnN'r IN PLow-FENDERS.

a The Schedule refen'ed to fii these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all who'nt tt 'may conce'n Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. REED, of Middletown, in Butler oounty, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders for Plows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referenceV marked thereon.

The drawing represents a perspective view of a shovel-plow vsdth my improved fender attached thereto. The Object of my invention is to provide a device which can be attached to corn-plows of all descriptions,

l attached to plows, and arranged to stand rigidly in vertical planes. Some of these protectors or fenders have .been construoted with slots or perforations, while others have been formed as perfectly plain metal sheets or plates, and in either case these fenders have been attached by means of considerable mechanism.

To avoid the objections always attendant upon an expensive and complicated' meohanism, I have lconstructed my fender of a single piece of Sheet-metal, a portion of which serves as a means of attaching it to the plow, and forms an elast-ic or yielding connection.

The body of the fender e may be slotted, as represented in the drawing, or perforated, to permit the pulverized earth to freely pass through it; and its bent or curved shank serving as a yielding fastening-strap, g,

isconnected to standard c by the same bolt and nutthat secure the plowshare d to the standard. The body e of the fender is curved upwards, so as to form areceptacle for the earth a'nd clods thrown'up by the plowshare d, and the fender is ,so arranged', diagonally in relation to the line of the plow-beam, that the clods of earth received by it will be conducted baokwards, in rcar of the plowshare d, instead of being crowded between the fender and the share (Z, as is often the cas in the use of vertically-an'anged fenders.

The transverse sectional line :v x, marked on the drawing, indicates the direction of the curved or circular form into which the fender is bent. A slot is formed through the standard c, in which lever f is pivoted. The front end of this lever extends under the strap g, and its rear end extends in the direction of the rightside handle of the plow, and in convenient position for the plowman to grasp it, from time to time, to agitate or shake the fender e, to cause damp earth to pass through it, and to discharge any adhering clods into the furrow behind the plow. The lever f will also serve to elevate the fender, to pass over stones or other obstructions in 'the line of its travel.

By the use of my fender, the corn or other plants being cultivated are completely protected from clods, &c and the plow may be drawn in close proximity to. the plauts, Without any risk of injuring them.

The yielding or spn'ng-strap g is suitably curved, and bent to pass over the beam c, as indicated in the drawing, but its end may be attached in rear of the standard, by the same bolt, and in that case it will not pass over the beam e, but will occupy a position in rear of the standard and beam. v

Having fully described my invention,

w What 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The curved fender e g, in combination' with level' f, constructed, arranged, and connected vn'th a plow, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 15th day of July, A. D. 1868.

SAMUEL J. REEB.

Witnesses:

A. G. KOHRER,

J. E. SMITH. 

